First record of albinism in gafftopsail catfish Bagre marinus (Pisces: Ariidae) from southeast Mexico

Wakida-Kusunoki, Armando T.; Amador-del-Ángel, Luis Enrique

doi:10.4067/s0718-19572013000100019

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“…Belly pale. This study presents the first record of albinism in Sciades parkeri, a threatened species [ 4 ], increasing albinism in Ariidae family [ 8,9 ] and expands records for Amazon estuary. Albinism is an inherited condition genetically determined or environmentally induced, that results in little or total absence of pigment in the skin and eyes [ 10,11 ].…”

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“…Although considered rare in vertebrate groups [ 12 ], the albinism in fish is most common, as it is, in Elasmobranchii fishes such as sharks and stingrays (e.g. [ [13][14][15][16] ]) and also Catfishes, as well as representatives of the families Ariidae, Ictaluridae, Loriicaridae, Pimelodidae and Siluridae [ 8,9 ]. It is worth mentioning that it seems more common in Ariidae species that, likewise most sharks and stingrays, inhabit brackish and marine waters, whereas the other aforementioned families inhabit freshwater strictly.…”

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First Report of Albinism in the Threatened Gillbacker Sea Catfish Sciades parkeri (Siluriformes, Ariidae)

Andrade

Schmid

Souza

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Braz. arch. biol. technol.

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First Report of Albinism in the Threatened Gillbacker Sea Catfish Sciades parkeri (Siluriformes, Ariidae)

Andrade

Schmid

Souza

et al. 2017

Braz. arch. biol. technol.

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“…Albinism in catfish often occurs in surface waters as well ( Dingerkus, Seret & Guilbert, 1991 ; Britton & Davies, 2006 ; Wakida-Kusunoki & Amador-del-Angel, 2013 ; Leal et al, 2013 ). Slavík, Horký & Maciak (2015) described the separation of albino Silurus glanis (Linnaeus 1758) catfish from a group of pigmented conspecifics.…”

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How does agonistic behaviour differ in albino and pigmented fish?

Slavík¹,

Horký²,

Wackermannová³

2016

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In addition to hypopigmentation of the skin and red iris colouration, albino animals also display distinct physiological and behavioural alterations. However, information on the social interactions of albino animals is rare and has mostly been limited to specially bred strains of albino rodents and animals from unique environments in caves. Differentiating between the effects of albinism and domestication on behaviour in rodents can be difficult, and social behaviour in cave fish changes according to species-specific adaptations to conditions of permanent darkness. The agonistic behaviours of albino offspring of pigmented parents have yet to be described. In this study, we observed agonistic behaviour in albino and pigmented juvenile Silurus glanis catfish. We found that the total number of aggressive interactions was lower in albinos than in pigmented catfish. The distance between conspecifics was also analysed, and albinos showed a tendency towards greater separation from their same-coloured conspecifics compared with pigmented catfish. These results demonstrate that albinism can be associated with lower aggressiveness and with reduced shoaling behaviour preference, as demonstrated by a tendency towards greater separation of albinos from conspecifics.

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“…Albinism in catfish often occurs in surface waters as well (Dingerkus, Seret & Guilbert, 1991;Britton & Davies 2006;Wakida-Kusunoki & Amador-del-Angel, 2013;Leal et al, 2013).…”

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2016

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In addition to hypopigmentation of the skin and red iris colouration, albino animals also display distinct physiological and behavioural alterations. However, information on the social interactions of albino animals is rare and has mostly been limited to specially bred strains of albino rodents and animals from unique environments in caves. Differentiating between the effects of albinism and domestication on behaviour in rodents can be difficult, and social behaviour in cave fish changes according to species-specific adaptations to conditions of permanent darkness. The agonistic behaviours of albino offspring of pigmented parents have yet to be described. In this study, we observed agonistic behaviour in albino and pigmented juvenile Silurus glanis catfish. We found that the total number of aggressive interactions was lower in albinos than in pigmented catfish. The distance between conspecifics was also analysed, and albinos showed a tendency towards greater separation from their same-coloured conspecifics compared with pigmented catfish. These results demonstrate that albinism can be associated with lower aggressiveness and with reduced schooling behaviour preference, as demonstrated by a tendency towards greater separation of albinos from conspecifics.

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First record of albinism in gafftopsail catfish Bagre marinus (Pisces: Ariidae) from southeast Mexico

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

First Report of Albinism in the Threatened Gillbacker Sea Catfish Sciades parkeri (Siluriformes, Ariidae)

First Report of Albinism in the Threatened Gillbacker Sea Catfish Sciades parkeri (Siluriformes, Ariidae)

How does agonistic behaviour differ in albino and pigmented fish?

Peer Review #1 of "How does agonistic behaviour differ in albino and pigmented fish? (v0.1)"

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